When people ask me about drugs and alcohol, I say "Yeah, I went to rehab, I went to a mental hospital, I've been to jail." The main lesson you can learn is do drugs and alcohol when you are in a good mood, not when you are in a bad mood, and find balance in anything you do.

It's shocking to me that it's easier to buy a gun at Wal-Mart than it is to buy my record.

But what's real? You can't find the truth. You just pick the lie you like best. As long as you know that everything's a lie, you can't hurt yourself.

I think confidence is the most appealing quality in any human being or any artist; that's what really attracts us to people.

My father had a very violent temper, and he was never home. So I was kind of a mama's boy.

I put a mustache and some eyebrows on, and I looked just like Nicolas Cage. ... We have the same amazingly handsome good looks.

My goal isn't to make money, it's to try and survive and make a point.